. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPvfilGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF flEWiEivS CO THE DESOL.\TE INTERIOR OF SUMTER IN SEPTEMBER, 18G3, AFTER THE GUNS OF THE FEDER.\L FLEET HAD BEEN POUNDING IT FOR MANY WEEKS. IN CHARLESTON AFTER THE BOMBARDMENT So long as the Confederate flag flew over tlie ramparts of Sumter,Charleston remained the one stronghold of the South that wasfirmly held. That flag was ne\er struek. It was lowered for anevacuation, not a surrender. The story of Charlestons deter-mined resistance did

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPvfilGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF flEWiEivS CO THE DESOL.\TE INTERIOR OF SUMTER IN SEPTEMBER, 18G3, AFTER THE GUNS OF THE FEDER.\L FLEET HAD BEEN POUNDING IT FOR MANY WEEKS. IN CHARLESTON AFTER THE BOMBARDMENT So long as the Confederate flag flew over tlie ramparts of Sumter,Charleston remained the one stronghold of the South that wasfirmly held. That flag was ne\er struek. It was lowered for anevacuation, not a surrender. The story of Charlestons deter-mined resistance did not end in triumph for the South, but it didleave behind it a sunset glory, in which the valor and dash of theFederal attack is paralleled by the heroism and self-sacrifice ofthe Confederate defense, in spite of wreck and ruin. PART IIICLOSING IN THE INVESTMENTOE PETERSBURG

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